Improved chair and fan



waited ,ganse @anni @time Letters Patent .N 97,063, dated November 23, 1869.

IMPROVED CHAIR AND FAN.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! the-same.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM DYSON, of the cit-y and county of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Combined C-hair and Fan, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription, reference heilig had to the annexed drawing,-

niakiug a. part of this speeiiieation, and representing a perspective elevation ot' my invention, with a portion of same broken ont.

M y invention relates to that combination of a rocking or swinging-chair and fan,iu which the latter is made to revolve bythe motion of' the former.

A represents the frame-work of a chair, resting on four legs, as seen, and, if desired, also furnished with casters.

-Inside of this is hung a' chair, B, on pivots, (not shown,) at a lt', in suoli a manner that the saine will maintain the upright position, as seen.

These pivots are on the arms b b ot' B, and work in sockets ofthe arms c c ofA.

Near the top of A is hinged a frame, D, its sides irmingbeari'ngs for a shaft, d, one end o1' which is connected with a spiral spring, h, and the other end has a cord, k, wound about it, and lending to the top of B, as seen.

-On this shaft are four fans, o ol o'2 o, iliade, pretenbly, of thin sheets of metal, and fastened in sockets cast on the shaft. They may be covered with silk or other substance, if desired.- n

To the cross-bar mof' D is pivoted an arm, p, perforated at suitable distances, as seen, so that it may receive the spring-bolt s, attached to the top ot' A.

By means of this, the elevation of the fan-tiame may be regulated at pleasure.

To the back of A are attached springs 17 g 1/2 g", the first two only heilig shown, which, receiving the chair B, in its backward and forward movennait, prevent any jarring.

The backward motion of B, given it. by the occupant, acting on the cord k, causes the fans t-o revolve, tightens the spring h, which, as soon as the tension ofthe cord is relieved, by the rctnrn motion of the chair, causes the fans to revolve in the opposite direction, winding up the cord for the next backward movement oft-he c hair.

I am well aware that a combination of chair and fan, so that one. maybe actuated by the motion of the v other, is not novel, and, therefore, I make no claim to such, generally; but merely claim, as my invention, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent- The chairs A and B, springs g 11 (/l g, fans o o1 o2 o, with their actuating spring h and cord 1.', arranged on a hinged frame, D, rendered adjustable by an arm, 1J, and spring-bolt s, all combined, constructed, and arranged for joint operation, substantially as and for the purpose shown and specified.

. A. DYSON.

Witnesses z' SAML. S. Bovo, Lewis MYERS. 

